The Loyal White Knights of Pelham in North Carolina - one of the largest branches of the far-right group in the US – have arranged the celebration for December 3.

On the Klan’s website there is a large picture of Mr Trump, along with the words “TRUMP’S RACE UNITED MY PEOPLE”.

A prominent KKK newspaper, the Crusader, previously appeared to endorse Mr Trump for Presidency after publishing a front-page spread titled “Make America Great Again” – the slogan of the President-elect’s campaign.

How about that? Trump's struggled to earn newspaper endorsements, but just secured one from the KKK's "Crusader"... pic.twitter.com/W63k54Yivx

In response to the paper's front page, it released a statement saying: “This publication is repulsive and their views do not represent the tens of millions of Americans who are uniting behind our campaign.”

The Trump campaign had repeatedly been forced to defend itself against accusations of racism and discrimination in the lead up to the election following a series of controversial comments made by the President-elect.